Maha Sangharakkhita, Mahā-saṅgharakkhita: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesMaha Sangharakkhita Maha Sangharakkhita
1. Maha Sangharakkhita Thera. An arahant. He came, with forty thousand others, from Dakkhinagiri vikara in Ujjeni, to the Foundation Ceremony of the Maha Thupa (Mhv.xxix.35) and took up his position at the western entrance. MT. 530.
2. Maha Sangharakkhita. A monk of Corakandaka vihara; one of those who accepted the meal given by Prince Saliya in his previous birth as a blacksmith. MT. 606.
3. Maha Sangharakkhita. Called Malayavasi Maha Sangharakkhita or Uparimandalakamalayavasi. Tissabhuti went to him, on finding his mind corrupted by sinful thoughts, and having received from Sangharakkhita a topic of meditation, he attained to arahantship (AA.i.23f.; MA.i.55). He was one of the last of the arahants. J. L. Makarakkhira. J.iv.490; vi.30.
4. Maha Sangharakkhita. Mentioned in the Commentaries as being free from impurities. E.g., MA.i.525; Vsm.104; DhSA.268.
5. Maha Sangharakkhita Thera. When over sixty years old and about to die, his companions questioned him on his transcendental attainment. I have none, he replied. A young monk who waited on him said that people had come from twelve yojanas round in the belief that he had attained Nibbana. He then asked that he should be raised up and left alone. As soon as the others left him, he snapped his fingers to show that he had attained arahantship. He confessed that he had never done anything without mindfulness and understanding. His nephew also attained arahantship only after fifty years of age. Vsm.47f.
6. Maha Sangharakkhita - An arahant thera who preached to Rupadevi (q.v.).
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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Partial matches: Sangharakkhita, Maha.
Full-text: Rupadevi, Korandaka Vihara, Dakkhinagiri, Ujjeni, Sangharakkhita, Mahathupa.
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